Not So Pro 3

[Canadian farm boy]

Evening fellas

 

[Dream]

you should be happy with the work truck you drive then after all that junk in the past

hows you slacker

I'm ok Master Slacker. Just confused thinkin about a Chebby cab on a International frame and chassis wif a Duramax motor that Navistar is claiming and somewhere in there is Allison going " if you fecks dont get y'alls chit together, we is goin ta bail...

 

[dall]

Ha! You said “reach around”








Yes, I’m a child sometimes.

your volunteering huh slacker

I'm ok Master Slacker. Just confused thinkin about a Chebby cab on a International frame and chassis wif a Duramax motor that Navistar is claiming and somewhere in there is Allison going " if you fecks dont get y'alls chit together, we is goin ta bail...

lol what ?

 

[Dream]

For reals.



I've got a pair of pole spikes you can have.

Oh yer KILLIN ME SMALLS!
Negative on the pole gaffs. Different setup. Poles dont have bark. Pole gaffs are way too short to work well with any loose barked tree. Might be ok if you stayed back far enough to keep them stuck, but you have to lean in to cut, so bad idea.

 

[Canadian farm boy]

your volunteering huh slacker

pretty sure that job is already taken by some other guy around here

 

[dall]

pretty sure that job is already taken by some other guy around here

lol but you didnt answer if you was volunteering

 

[Woodpecker]

Oh yer KILLIN ME SMALLS!
Negative on the pole gaffs. Different setup. Poles dont have bark. Pole gaffs are way too short to work well with any loose barked tree. Might be ok if you stayed back far enough to keep them stuck, but you have to lean in to cut, so bad idea.

I actually prefer pole gaffs on anything non shagbark hickory. Did that big cottonwood da otter day on bashlins wit pole gaffs. Gaff out happens even with tree gaffs. I learned to accept that. Prefer to have muh feets touching the tree for stability especially after you get into the branch wood. See how close muh foots is in this pic? That's moar gooder. Tree gaffs there'd be air between muh foots and the trunk that's way less stable and less gooder.

 

[Dream]

your volunteering huh slacker

lol what ?

Met an International cab with a rollback on it just yesterday.
Looked exactly like this one, except didnt have the hollow bowtie in the grill. Look it up. This truck has 3 or 4 different VIN tags. One is from Knapheid, who put the bed on.
Theres one from International.
Also one from Navistar. (I thought they were same as IH)
Then there's another one from GM.
May be wrong, but I think International built all of the Kodiaks for Chebby/Top Kicks for GMC for several years. Had the Chebby motors, just like 4300 series international's had Ferd 6.0 diesels. Biggest difference was International trucks got the 6.0 AFTER the Ferd BS happent.

 

[Canadian farm boy]

lol but you didnt answer if you was volunteering

Are you asking?

 

[full chizel]

pretty sure that job is already taken by some other guy around here

GFY!! I’m straight!!!


Married with 2 kids too

 

[Dream]

I actually prefer pole gaffs on anything non shagbark hickory. Did that big cottonwood da otter day on bashlins wit pole gaffs. Gaff out happens even with tree gaffs. I learned to accept that. Prefer to have muh feets touching the tree for stability especially after you get into the branch wood. See how close muh foots is in this pic?View attachment 251668 That's moar gooder. Tree gaffs there'd be air between muh foots and the trunk that's way less stable and less gooder.

I see whut youse talk in about. Just a little nervous about deze pine trees. Any living tree is better, because the bark is attached. Dead pine trees let go of their bark pretty quick. Just had a couple of bad experiences. Dad has a set of pole hooks. He worked for the electric coop for years. Slid down a few pines, an elm or two, and a couple of oaks after the bark let go. Maybe lack of experience, just thought longer hooks wouldve helped catch some wood.

 

[shadco]

That stuff ain't gonna give me cancer?

.

 

[dall]

Are you asking?

just wondering

GFY!! I’m straight!!!


Married with 2 kids too

just a cover story lol

 

[41FanForLife]

I actually prefer pole gaffs on anything non shagbark hickory. Did that big cottonwood da otter day on bashlins wit pole gaffs. Gaff out happens even with tree gaffs. I learned to accept that. Prefer to have muh feets touching the tree for stability especially after you get into the branch wood. See how close muh foots is in this pic?View attachment 251668 That's moar gooder. Tree gaffs there'd be air between muh foots and the trunk that's way less stable and less gooder.

Nice boots. LOL

 

[Dream]

I actually prefer pole gaffs on anything non shagbark hickory. Did that big cottonwood da otter day on bashlins wit pole gaffs. Gaff out happens even with tree gaffs. I learned to accept that. Prefer to have muh feets touching the tree for stability especially after you get into the branch wood. See how close muh foots is in this pic?View attachment 251668 That's moar gooder. Tree gaffs there'd be air between muh foots and the trunk that's way less stable and less gooder.

I'm assuming those boots have steel shanks in the footbed. Dont know how you could stand if not. Dad always had the Linemans boots made by Red Wing. Steel shank. Loggers sole with tall heel. Extra long upper for support and the top strap for the hooks. May be completely different for you. All I have to go on is what I grew up around.

 

[41FanForLife]

Big thing is you should be tied off twice if your running a chainsaw. That's typically a lanyard (buck strap ifn your ol school) and a life line.

Back when I started it was common to spike up with just the sissy strap and cut every limb as you went. Then set your life line with Blake's hitch and descend. That's how I took my first and only tumble out of a tree. Buck strap let go(3 strand manila). It just disintegrated like it was dry rotted or something, and I ended up free falling 20ish feet into a bed of pine duff. The duff saved my keister from serious injury. Took me a long time to get over that fall.

My uncle real.old school. Hook his 3 strand climbing line to his saddle and bead on up. No lanyard ever. And used the tautline all the time. He had much bigger balls than i would in that situation. I like having the lanyard. He says I'm a pussy.

 

[Woodpecker]

I see whut youse talk in about. Just a little nervous about deze pine trees. Any living tree is better, because the bark is attached. Dead pine trees let go of their bark pretty quick. Just had a couple of bad experiences. Dad has a set of pole hooks. He worked for the electric coop for years. Slid down a few pines, an elm or two, and a couple of oaks after the bark let go. Maybe lack of experience, just thought longer hooks wouldve helped catch some wood.

There's pole gaffs and there's pole gaffs. They all come in different lengths, but yeah probably lack of experience. No offense ment to your pops. When you are truckin up the trunk if you don't lean back you can gaff out easy no matter how long them spikes are. Maybe 15° vs. 5° angle of lean. Easier on your body too. When your cutting the safety comes from your lifeline and lanyard your gaffs is for stability and positioning only not to keep your ass in the tree. This way you can be upright and closer to the cut and not worry about gaffing out.

 

[Woodpecker]

Nice boots. LOL

I'm assuming those boots have steel shanks in the footbed.

There you tew go with the boot fetish again

They have a plastic shank, there's plenty of flex to em. Muh feets is just used to standin in the hooks.

 

[Mastermind]

thigh highs ?

What thighs? I got my mom's legs.

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That's funky. I like.

 

[Woodpecker]

All I have to go on is what I grew up around.

Not tryin to run you or your dad down. I reread my posts and they read a little condescending. Not my intention. There's definitely more than one way to go about getting up a tree. Just sharing how I like to do it these days.